Talk:Payload

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  • The payload was not necessarily delivered via a rocket (in other words, with fins, propellant, engine). It could have been a shell that was fired, which would also have a "nose cone". Neither alternative is clear. Suggestion to remove the specific term "rocket" form article. -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 19:10, 15 February 2008 (PST)
    • When it finally arrives and Faraday opens it, Jack asks "what is that?". Faraday replies "It's a rocket".--TechNic|talk|conts 19:17, 15 February 2008 (PST)
  • I know it seems obvious, but how can we be sure that the rocket even came from the ship? Does anyone ever say specifically that it is fired from the ship?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Skatedude595 (talk • contribs) .
    • Yes. When setting up the experiment, Faraday says " I just wanna call Regina on the boat. I figured since we’re waiting I could just, you know, try to...". He then speaks to Regina, who fires the payload. Of course, it could be argued that she was on the boat but the payload was somewhere else and was fired remotely. But that would be a bit of a stretch and invalidates Daniel's experiment looking at the time difference between the Freighter and Island.--TechNic|talk|conts 06:56, 28 March 2008 (PDT)

Innacuracy

Maybe the ship has come closer to the island since Faraday and the others landed. They have the islands coordinates. I think this should be mentioned somewhere on the page.

  • I agree, I see no reason why the freighter would have just stopped at 80 miles out.--

Theslate 08:52, 17 February 2008 (PST)

    • The boat is definately moving. On it, theres engine troubles yes? And Sayid (or was it Des?) says something to the doc on board about not moving, to which the doctor replies "Whatever you say". I immagine since Michael/KevinJ sabotaged the engines theyve been drifting toward or perhaps around the island (like a drain).
    • Maybe they experience instrumentation problems if they come in any closer. I don't think we can assume anything unless it is explicitly proven. --Bdjsb7 08:40, 18 February 2008 (PST)
      • But I also dont think that something which may be possible should be labeled as an inaccuracy. -Lost Ethos 05:55, 22 February 2008 (PST)

Payload theory

  • In the case of an event horizon and time travel a delay should also be present in the propagation of all electromagnetic waves(light and radio) causing communication problems/difficulties(maybe there shouldn't even be any communication) between the people on the island and the freighter(or the outer world in general).However they seem to communicate just fine and actualy in real time. --Ecthellion
  • Okay, this is my very first comment and I'm not sure how this works so here's hoping I don't screw up. Okay... I think: The two payload watches were both synched to zero over the phone. Both Daniel and Regina were expecting the payload to take about 15 to 20 seconds to arrive and to be possibly out of synch by a fraction of a second or even maybe two or three seconds. Instead it took the payload 3 hours and 16 seconds travelling time. To Daniel's percpective it arrived 2 hours and 45 minutes after the synched launch and was 31 minutes out of synch. The phone call between Daniel and Regina was synched to x-time on the island and y-time on the boat (about a day and a half apart), boat the signal between payload and the boat was synched to x+ 2 hours 45 island time and y-time on boat.In other words, the is no synchronicity between island time and outside time. When a connection is made the conversation will appear to each party to pass in real time despite the fact that the times may be days or hours appart. Each connection is unique. Thus on the boat a communication between Regina and Daniel could occur simultaneously with a second communication with Regina and payload, while on the island those two communications are occuring three hours apart.--Woozy 18:57, 9 May 2008 (PDT)

Merge/Rename: Daniel's Experiment?

I think this page should be renamed as Daniel's Experiment; it would include the devices, technician terms and some theories about time delay... what do you think?--erikire 15:09, 18 February 2008 (PST)Erikire

I was initially going to create the article under that name, but later when I saw "Payload" I thought it was better because it's easily categorizable (under "items")--what would the category for "Daniel's experiment" be? Robert K S 16:27, 18 February 2008 (PST)
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